Despite the artificial separation of the films and the Expanded Universe, all Star Wars stories, regardless of the media (films, books, comics, games, cartoons, toys, and others), are parts of the same shared continuity, except for material explicitly deemed non-canon by Lucasfilm.

In an unlikely event of parallel evolution, humans (apparently identical to those of Earth, although generally believed to have originated on the galactic capital of Coruscant) and near-human species coexist with a wide variety of species: humanoid (most common), aquatic, arachnoid, avian, botanical, equine, feline, insectoid, mineral-based, reptilian, rodentine, and others. There are over 1,200 known species, although the majority of them are only briefly mentioned and have no known visual depiction. This entry concentrates on known "furry-like" characters and/or species.

While the Wookiees and Ewoks are arguably the most well-known furry-like species in Star Wars (and among the most well-known Star Wars species whatsoever), there are many more species that can be classified as "furry." More than 50 of them have visual depictions, many of them falling into the feline, equine, and rodent categories. These include: